The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology

A full-scale compendium of fact, history and legend, from original sources, about witchcraft and demonology, covering demonic possession and exorcism. Illustrated.

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Page 9Having to hurdle an early church law, the Canon Episcopi, which said in effect
that belief in witchcraft was superstitious and heretical, the inquisitors cavilled by
arguing that the witchcraft of the Canon Episcopi and the witchcraft of the ...

Page 143The Canon was circumvented by three common theses: (1) present-day witches
were not the same as those mentioned in the Canon; (2) the Canon Episcopi was
not approved by a General Church Council and therefore not binding; and (3) ...

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